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SUBMITTER: Hirsch AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5344528 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PLoS pathogens 20170309 3
Zika virus (ZIKV), an emerging flavivirus, has recently spread explosively through the Western hemisphere. In addition to symptoms including fever, rash, arthralgia, and conjunctivitis, ZIKV infection of pregnant women can cause microcephaly and other developmental abnormalities in the fetus. We report herein the results of ZIKV infection of adult rhesus macaques. Following subcutaneous infection, animals developed transient plasma viremia and viruria from 1-7 days post infection (dpi) that was ...[more]